Natalie Merchant - Carnival

^F#m Well I've walked these streets, a virtual^E stage it seemed to me ^Dmake-up on their faces actors took their place next t^F#mo me. ^F#m Well I've walked these streets in a Carni^Eval of sites to see ^DAll the cheap thrill seekers the vendors and the dealers, they ^F#mcrowded around me

^A Have I been blind, have I been ^Elost, inside myself and my own mind ^DHypnotized, mesmerized, by what my eyes have^F#m seen

^F#m I've walked these streets in a specta^Ecle of wealth and poverty ^D In the diamond market the scarlet welcome carpet that ^F#mthey’ve just rolled out for me

^F#m and I've walked these streets, in the ^Emadhouse asylum they can be where a ^Dwild and misfit profit, a traffic island star and he ^F#mraves of saving me

^A Have I been blind, have I been ^Elost inside myself and my own mind ^DHypnotized, mesmerized, by what my eyes have^F#m seen

^A Have I been wrong, have I been ^Ewise to shut my eyes and play along ^DHypnotized, paralyzed, by what my eyes have ^F#mfound, ^Dby what my eyes have ^Eseen, What they have ^F#mseen

^A Have I been ^Eblind , have I been ^Dlost Have I been ^Awrong have I been ^Ewise, have I been ^Dstrong, Have I been ^Ahypnotized, mesmerized,^E by what my eyes have ^Dfound In ^F#mthat great ^Dstreet carni^Eval ^A Have I been ^Eblind, have I been ^Dlost, have I been ^Awrong, have I been ^Ewise, have I been ^Dstrong Have I been ^Ahypnotized, mesmerized^E, by what my eyes have ^Dfound

In ^F#mthat great ^Dstreet Carni^Eval, in that Carn^F#mival